Fallout 4: Bethesda reveal new feature and future plans on Xbox One and PS4
FALLOUT 4 has been fleshed out by Bethesda at E3 tonight, revealing more on the Xbox One, PS4 and PC title.
UPDATE: Bethesda have spilled the beans on a couple new features set to be included in Fallout 4 at E3 today.
First of all Creative Director Todd Howard says there could be more games coming like Fallout Shelter, a new mobile title launched this week.
He also revealed that going forward, the Bethesda team will most likely focus on creating a new IP, rather than reshaping an existing franchise.
"We want to do more stuff, and I think, if you look at Fallout Shelter, that's an example of us doing something else. So I think going forward there are more things we could do," Howard said.
Howard has also confirmed that unlike in other Fallout titles, your faithful canine companion will not be perishable.
That's right, Dogmeat cannot die, it could mean, however, that he will faint or have to be recovered after being injured.
It's not currently known how the good and evil ranking system will be used in Fallout 4 and whether that will affect who can stand by your side.
UPDATE: Bethesda have reaffirmed their commitment to keeping the Fallout franchise exclusively single-player.
Creative Director for Fallout 4, Todd Howard explained the team was still the size of when they worked on Skyrim and were still keen to explore single-player to its fullest.
In other news the Creation Kit used to create mods will be launched on the PC ahead of the Xbox One's own mod features.
Howard confirmed that being able to play mods on the Xbox One would come later after launch and also revealed that the team hoped to bring it to the PS4 eventually.
"That feature is not coming out at launch," Howard confirmed.
"The Xbox One part of that will come out after that and then we do hope to put it on PS4."
UPDATE: The Fallout 4 Pip-Boy Edition will be priced at £99.99 in the UK, GAME has announced.
The Pip-Boy Edition will only be available at GAME and includes a wearable Pip-Boy replica, which comes with a Robco Industries stand, custom-printed capsule and working knobs and lights.
Also included is a Pip-Boy Pocket Guide, Vault-Tec Perk Poster, and a collectible metal case.
For those who pre-order the Pip Boy Edition quickly, GAME is offering a free Vault 111 t-shirt to the first 10,000 fans.
UPDATE: Creative Director for Fallout 4, Todd Howard has revealed that mods created on the PC, will be able to be transferred, played and shared, for free - on Xbox One.
There has been no word to indicate if this feature will be available for PS4 players, although we might learn by tonight during Sony's E3 conference.
Bethesda revealed the new during Microsoft's E3 slot while showing off more action connected with using VATs in the Wasteland title.
New details were also provided for the start of the game, showing that the Vault dweller will stumble on Raiders attacking a group of survivors, who ask for your help.
The footage also explained how you get your hands on power armour, with the Vault-dweller suiting up to help try and deal with the hordes of enemies besieging the area.
New images from the Microsoft E3 conference can be seen below.
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UPDATE: The full Bethesda E3 showcase can be found below via the YouTube link and contains all the relevant information on the launch windows for Doom, Dishonored 2 and Fallout 4.
Bethesda have announced that the Fallout 4 Pip-Boy Edition will be available in limited quantities for $119.99.
The full-scale device is wearable and has been promised to replicates the in-game model and support a wide-variety of smart phones, with the Fallout 4 companion app managing all of your in-game Pip-Boy menu functions.
Fallout Shelter, meanwhile, is now available to download on the iTunes App Store for iPhone and iPad.
The game is set for launch on Android platforms, with the new title putting you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec.
Player's will be able to build their perfect Vault by keeping their Dwellers happy, and protecting them from the dangers of the Wasteland.
Fallout 4 is coming out November 10, 2015 on Xbox One, PS4 and PC, Bethesda confirmed tonight.
The in-game trailer for Fallout 4 unveiled the location as being in Boston and would involve a new character from Vault 111.
The next generation of open-world gaming from the creators of Fallout 3 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Bethesda Game Studios have come up with a lot more details on what to expect from the new-gen title.
Fans tuned into Bethesda’s E3 Showcase tonight, June 14th at 7:00pm PT for the world premiere of the game.
Fallout 4 starts with two survivors of the nuclear war as they go about their daily business, the day the first bombs fall.
Face sculpting is something you do before the pre-war game action starts, while Fallout 4 sees you take on the role as the survivor picking up the pieces of his life 200 years later.
The lead character, meanwile, will speak and your in-game companion will be able to follow commands.
Big news from the E3 showcase was the fact that players will be able to build their own towns through the new in-game engine, allowing you to oversee the growth of your own settlement.
It will go as in-depth as needing power supplies and power lines to operate key defences.
Todd Howard, creative director on Fallout, detailed the some of the settlement building aspects to the game, adding: "If you find a lamp, that has good stuff, you don't want to sell it anymore.
"Your looking at things and start thinking 'should I take it and sell it?' or should I keep it, I need the filament."
No information was given on the storyline set to be included in Fallout 4 but the new pip-boy was revealed.
The new edition for Fallout 4 will include the usual stat sheets for your character but will also include new mini-games, such as Atomic Command.
The collector's Edition of Fallout 4 will also include a real-life pip-boy that will work with your phone and come with an app.
Over 50 base weapons and over 700 mods will be available, while fans will even be able to modify their own power armor.
Bethesda had already clarified that Fallout 4 would not be coming out on Xbox 360 and PS3, citing it wouldn't be possible to pull off what they had developed for the old-gen consoles.
Bethesda also revealed a new iPhone game called Fallout Shelter, which allows gamers to build their own vault.
But what about a release date for Fallout 4? Well Bethesda revealed that the Fallout Shelter iPhone game will be released tonight.